US1763294A - Headrest socket for barber chairs - Google Patents

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June 10, 1930. J. R, EMMERT HEADHEST SOCKET FOR BARBER 'CHIRS Filed July 15, 1928 O @oOQMWMM!d m N M A. E. Y

Patented .lune 1l), 1930 UNITED STATES FATENr oFFicnN JOHN R. EMMERT, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMIL J. IAIDAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS HEADREST SOCKET FOR BARBER CHAIRS Application led July 13,

This invention relates to a barber chair and concerns itself with means for preventing the accumulation of hair in the back of the chair that may enter thru the head rest slot.

rIhe invention comprises the novel structure and combination of parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which 1o illustrate a `preferred embodiment of this invention and in which similar reference nu merals refer to similar features in the different views Figure l is a perspective View of a barber chair embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View upon the line II-II of Figure l.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional View upon the line III-III of Figure l.

Figure 4 is an enlarged View upon the line IV-IV of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line V-V of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken upon the line VI-VI of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken upon the line VII-VII of Figure 4.

In the drawings, there is shown a common form of barber chair, to which this invention has been applied. The barber chair embodies a head rest l, which is provided with a shank 2, which slidably and adjustably .tits in a slot or socket 3 in the top of the back 4 of the chair and in a groove 3a formed in a wooden strip 5 that extends down to the lower frame member 7 of theV back.

In cutting hair, the head rest is usually removed from the chair, with the result that particles of hair will drop down thru the socket 3 and accumulate in the groove 3a. In time there will be an accumulation of hair in the groove 3a that will bulge the covering 4- on the back of the chair. This accumulation of hair is generally wet and, of course, injurious to the chair.

In order to overcome this objection, a hair exit G communicating with the groove 3a is provided in the bottom member 7 of the back 50 thru which the hair that finds its way into 1928. Serial No. 292,529.

the groove 3a may escape or be forced by a wire rod or the like, and, to expedite the downward movement of such hair, a metal channel-like member 8 or the like is inserted in said groove 3a. This channel member has a web 9 with side flanges 10 which are turned in, as indicated at ll. The shank of the head rest slidably fits in the channel and under the inturned flanges 1l. This channel member provides an efcient guideway for the shank and at the same time the hair finding its ray therein will more readily gravitate to the bottom and escape thru the'eXit 6.

The flanges l() of the channel member 8 are provided with incisions l2 (Fig. 4) a short distance from .the bottom thereof, and the flange portions below said incisions are stamped into arcuate form with the lower ends liattened against the web 9 to form sockets for retaining cushioning elements 13 for the shank 2 when the same drops a suliicient distance in' the groove 31.V

It will be readily obvious that this invention eliminates any objectionable accumulations of hair in the guideway in the back of the chair and provides an easy way for the removal thereof.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range Without departing from the principles of this invention, and I, therefore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

`I claim as my invention:

In a barber chair, a metal guide having a web with flanges, said flanges being formed at one end to provide Sockets, and bufl'ers seated in said sockets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook County,

Illinois.

JOI-IN R. EMMERT.

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